The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-06-30
AYERS PILLS
JAMES 3. COLLIER.

JAMES E. COLLIER.
THRILLING CHAPTERS IN THE CAREER
OF \ POPULAR PETERSBU RGER.
WHAT MAYOR IARRATr, EX-GOVERNOR
CAMERON, CEN sTITH BOILING AND
OTHERS THINK OF AIR. COLLIER-SEN-
SATIONAL STATEMENTS OF "A SINCERE
MAN.
From Petersburg. Fc.. I'sdes-4ppea1.
Who is better known in this com
munltv than Mr.. James E. Collier,
of the Basin Mills
Nearly every man in Peters burg
knows him personally. Those who
have not the pleasure of his ac
quaintance. are familiar with his
pleasant countenance, wreathed, as
his face generally is, in pleasant
smiles and by his snow white peak
ed beard.
Yet, although Mr.. Collier rs one
of the most CHEEKY men imaginable,
| his life has not always been such as
| to give man perennial smile.
| For fifteen years a sore att1ictPon
cast dark shadows over the path
way of that amiable gentleman's
life. What that sore trial was and
how, eventually, the clouds were
and happiness once again Eliminates
his highway of life, Mr. Collier has
finally consented 20 write down, in
the hope that his experience may
be the means of aiding others to
escape the dark days that threaten
all lives.
Not in the slightest, to "intro-
duce" Mr.. Collier to the people of
this city, but to show 70 the outside
world how he is regarded at home,
we give the testimony of few OF
his fellow-citizens who have state,
and some a national fame:
MAYORS OFFICE,
| PETERSBURG, VA, April is, 81.
To aUhone II mag Concern:
This is 20 certify that Mr.. James
E. Collier, a citizen of Petersburg,
is gentleman of high social stand
ing, of culture, of integrity of char.
acter, and entirely worthy of belief
T. J. JARRATT, Mayor,
WILLIAM E. CAMERON,
Ex-Governor of Virginia
R. P. BARHAM,
Editor Petersburg Index Appeal
Gen. ST1TH BOILING,
GEO. G. GARY,
Proprietor Hotel Gary
Now word abou, Mr.. Collier fo1
ourselves. He was successful
practitioner of the law when the
war broke out After the war, hi
devoted himself to farming, durinS
which time he suffered the afflictiol
referred to. Two years ago MI
Collier came into the city from hi
country place and engaged in TIL
-four milling business with hi
brother who runs here one of III
largest mills in the entire south
His present occupation has brough
him into almost daily contact wit
the business men of the city; and
is safe to say that no private citize
is better known and more general
beloved than is A1r. James E. Co,
lier. Here is Mr.. Golfers letter.
No. 242 ADAMS STREET,
PETERSBURG, Va, April 1o, s,
SaoJt Specific Co., atlanta, Ga:
Il Gentlemen-You will pardon m
5 in being little long in this lette
: for ! am desirous that you sila
t know the details Of the mos. won
derful cure of myself by S. S. S.
r In 1871 kind of rash broke GU
# on my forehead that stung severed,
The next year a. about the sam
time (the falD my forehead wa
: covered with hollis, which Taste
two or three weeks. In 1873, i
September, nay face swelled up S
that was unacceptable tor thre
months. During this time yello,
acrid water continually ran fror
my face. Then scabs would form
and the acrid discharge continu
e until my skin was as thick as sol
IS leather. NV face was as hard an
: smooth, save when the scabs woul
: form, as billiard ball. The fac
e these months was swollen up, eve
with my nose, and but for the erea.
4, between the nose and cheeks, tt
lie nose was not observable
After the running would sto
having run two weeks, the swellir